1. Got a Recycling Envelope?

First, check if your cartridge (or the new one you've bought) came with a pre-paid recycling envelope or postage label to use to return an empty cartridge. If not, choose your printer's manufacturer below for further information on their recycling scheme.

2. Manufacturer Recycling Web Sites

If you've not got a label or envelope from the manufacturer, visit their web site to arrange recycling.

Panasonic can send you pre-paid postal return labels for their own branded cartridges.

Sharp

I'm afraid Sharp do not run a recycling service that we know of.

Philips

I'm afraid Philips do not run a recycling service that we know of.

Kodak

I'm afraid Kodak do not run a recycling service that we know of. If you would like to contact them about this, please email them at [email protected].

Kodak recently claimed that their cartridges are recyclable along with your household or business plastics collection, and can be included as such.

Toshiba

Toshiba offer a subsidised recycling service, in the form of their ECO BOX product. Please contact your Toshiba Supplier for details of this using this page.

Why Recycle?

75% of empty cartridges in the UK are not recycled even though there are plenty of reuse and recycling options, and many of them are free and easy to use.

A typical cartridge, with its plastics and electronics, will take up to 1,000 years to degrade in a landfill site, but having an empty cartridge reused saves up to 2.5kg of CO2 compared to making a new cartridge from scratch.

EveryCartridge.com is here to help you to find and use the many services that exist locally and nationwide, and cut through the misinformation to ensure that your cartridges do not go to landfill.

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